The Latest: Tucson police: 2 officers shot, suspect killed

Updated 1:38 pm, Thursday, December 1, 2016

Tucson police say two police officers were shot and wounded in an exchange of gunfire with a suspect who was fatally shot.

Police Chief Chris Magnus says one wounded officer is in critical but stable condition and in surgery at a hospital and that the second wounded officer is in good condition.

The shooting occurred Thursday morning inside an apartment at a complex on the city's south side where officers went to arrest the 28-year-old suspect, who was wanted in an aggravated assault case.

No identities were released.

9:35 a.m.

Tucson police say two officers have been shot and wounded and that one with serious injuries is in surgery.

Sgt. Pete Dugan says the second officer's injuries are not life-threatening, and he says a suspect also was shot.

Dugan described the suspect's injuries as life-threatening and said he could not release the suspect's condition.

Identities were released and circumstances of the Thursday morning shooting aren't immediately available.

9:15 a.m.

Tucson police say two police officers were "struck" by gunfire and that one of the officers with serious injuries is in surgery at a hospital.

A police spokesman's Twitter post on the incident did not provide the condition of the second officer or say whether that officer was actually shot, and no additional information is immediately available on the circumstances of the shooting.

The incident happened Thursday morning on the city's south side where police told the public to avoid an area centered on the intersection of South Campbell Avenue and Benson Highway.

9 a.m.

Tucson police say there's been an officer-involved shooting on the city's south side.

Police posted on Twitter Thursday morning that the public should avoid an area centered on the intersection of South Campbell Avenue and Benson Highway because of an officer-involved shooting.

Police did not immediately respond to a request for additional information.